BST to HLV Converter
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1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 18, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 HLV (UTC-4), Oct 18, 2026
BST is 5 hours ahead of HLV.
BST and HLV examples
These examples always use BST (UTC+1) and HLV (UTC-4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.
BST is 5 hours ahead of HLV.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, BST is 5 hours ahead of HLV. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, GMT is 4 hours ahead of HLV.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in BST correspond to 4:00 am to 1:00 pm in HLV. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GMT correspond to 5:00 am to 2:00 pm in HLV.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in BST correspond to 04:00 to 13:00 in HLV. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GMT correspond to 05:00 to 14:00 in HLV.
Compare BST time with HLV time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
British Summer Time is 5 hours ahead of Hora Legal de Venezuela.
1:00 pm13:00 in BST is 8:00 am08:00 in HLV
BST to HLV call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 2pm-6pm14:00-18:00 in BST which corresponds to 9am-1pm09:00-13:00 in HLV
1:00 pm13:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
8:00 am08:00 Hora Legal de Venezuela (HLV). Offset UTC -4:00 hours
1:00 pm13:00 BST / 8:00 am08:00 HLV
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British Summer Time
Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, United Kingdom
Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield.
Current time in the United Kingdom: UK time now
Today all shaded areas are on BST.
Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Start: British Summer Time (BST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.
End: British Summer Time (BST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.
See United Kingdom daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
BST representations, usage and related time zones
- +01 - basic short
- +0100 - basic
- +01:00 - extended
- +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
- Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
- A - short form of 'Alpha'
- Europe/Belfast
- Europe/Guernsey
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
- Europe/Jersey
- Europe/London
- GB
- GB-Eire
- British Summer Time - UTC +1
- Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
- Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
- BST - British Summer Time
- CET - Central European Time
- IST - Irish Standard Time
- WEST - Western European Summer Time
- A - Alpha Time Zone
- CET - Central European Time
- MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
- WAT - West Africa Time
- WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
- BMT - Biel Mean Time
Hora Legal de Venezuela
Offset: HLV is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Venezuela
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HLV time zone is Caracas in Venezuela, with about 3 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Maracaibo, Valencia, Barquisimeto, Ciudad Guayana.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Hora Legal de Venezuela (HLV) do not change for daylight saving time, so HLV stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
HLV representations, usage and related time zones
- -04 - basic short
- -0400 - basic
- -04:00 - extended
- -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Quebec - Military abbreviation for HLV
- Q - short form of 'Quebec'
- AST - Atlantic Standard Time
- EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
- AMT - Amazon Time
- BOT - Bolivia Time
- CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
- CLT - Chile Standard Time
- GYT - Guyana Time
- HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
- Q - Quebec Time Zone
- VET - Venezuelan Standard Time